[GRLUG] Hosting recommendations

[Greg Folkert]

On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 18:51 -0400, Matt Behrens wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > By far, I'd separate out DNS. DNS Made Easy, in my opinion is just
> > as
> > it's name says. It is also exceptionally scalable and offers many
> > services for free with DNS hosting. While it is ~$30/year for 10
> > domains
> > (I think) the reliability and usefulness far exceeds the cost.
> 
> 
> Definitely on the same page here.  I also saw they have an SMTP relay
> which may be useful in lieu of my fetchmail arrangement.  However… I
> didn’t see anything about two-factor?  Getting increasingly necessary,
> I’m afraid 😔
> 
> 
> > What is wrong with Gmail?
> 
> 
> Without launching into my usual spiel, let’s just say I’m very
> concerned about contributing to the increased centralization of the
> Internet.
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:
> 
> > Signed PGP part
> > >> I?d rather not administer any services (besides what?s on the
> > other
> > >> end of my fetchmail) myself.
> > 
> > Had you not said that I'd recommend Digital Ocean.  I might still,
> > it's
> > a crazy cheap way to try it, and quit if you hate it.
> 
> 
> I… might.  I am not really keen on running the open end of an SMTP
> port though.  (I’m confident enough I can handle not being dumb enough
> to become an open relay, and I do manage postfix already—it’s not like
> I’m uncomfortable with it—but it sounds like work I don’t necessarily
> want to undertake.)
> 
> 
> P.S. Topher, my PGP sigs always seem to validate coming back through
> the ML, but yours read as invalid for some reason.  Haven’t looked
> into why.

http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=19F8B110&op=index

It ain't published.

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